Roland Barthes

Roland Barthes (November 12, 1915 – March 25, 1980) was a French literary critic, literary and social theorist, philosopher and semiotician.

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November 12 - 1915 - March 25 - 1980 - French - Literary critic - Literary - Social theorist - Philosopher - Semiotician

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Barthes (pronounced BART) was born in Cherbourg, Manche. His father died while Barthes was young, and he and his mother moved to Paris in 1924, his mother working as a bookbinder. Barthes studied at the Sorbonne. In 1934 he became infected with tuberculosis. He was in sanitoriums but, during intermissions in the illness, between 1939 and 1949 he taught in schools at Biarritz, Bayonne, Paris, and Bucharest. From 1949 he moved into teaching in higher education. In 1980, he met his death on a Parisian street, run over by a laundry van.

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Cherbourg - Manche - Paris - 1924 - Bookbinder - Sorbonne - Tuberculosis - Biarritz - Bayonne - Bucharest - Higher education - Laundry - Van

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